go on then, what food is banned in your house?

[morethanmum]

After a blanket denial by other parents to recognise cheese strings (dd's party), I'll start with:
Ribena
processed cheese slices
coke for children
readymeals for children

and we are vegetarian.
Aside from that, dig in

I do think in most instances it's not a case of banning but just not buying. There are some things I just would never ever think of buying like microwave mashed potato, or jars of sauces to make spag bol/curry etc.

Also packet cake-mix - why? Had a friend tell me how proud she was that she had made cakes for her ds and then went on to say "the packet mixes are so cheap, it's far better than using your own ingredients" .

my mum bought dd a load of fruit shoots that were on special offer and i am using them, goddammit. actually i think they're quite useful to keep in my bag/buggy for emergencies. we were out the other day and she was swigging hers and i thought of you all.

no Nestlé and that includes their subsidiaries, such as loreal and garnier...

no cheese strings, lunchables etc

i make my own nuggets out of happy chicken, no shop bought ones

no intensively farmed meat, chicken or eggs. local produce where possible

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oi cod, so far i've extolled the virtues of jaffa cakes, full fat coke and fruit shoots. but plastic cheese ffs...

Nothing banned in this house.

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Is it really snobby to want to avoid some unhealthy foods ?

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i don't believe you about the plastic cheese. the only place it's necessary is on a quarter pounder as proper cheese doesn't melt. however, i get round this by grating my cheese into my burger mince mixture (with a spoonful of harissa, food fans).

i don't think anyone's actually said they ban things, by and large. other than for ethical reasons, which isn't perhaps a food choice that a kid would make but tough.

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it is not about being a helicopter parent if you don;t buy twizzlers or plastic cheese or whatever

i choose not to buy things becasue they are not good for my children!

they do eat a proportion of junk food, but on the whole it is good , wholesome food, cooked from scratch.. with lots of fruit and veg..

i really don;t see how feeding your children a a good balanced diet, with ethical food choices where possible is being a snobby twat?

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Any offal.

Am veggie but happy to cook meat for DH and DCs but draw the line at innards.

i had a bit of dairylea the other day in a fit of nostalgia and didn't like it much. i'm strictly a marmite on toast girl now i think. although it was laughing cow we got on holiday when i was a kid, i think i'd make an exception for la vache qui rit.

yes, it is lucky to be able to do so. but that is different to being a snobby control fraek helicopter twat, no?

Squash
Lollipops

But I don't mind if they are given them by other people (maybe not orange squash for ds though)

Oooh pot noodles!! Something we 'ban'. How thrilling .

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I don't ban anything, it seems a bit hyporitical if I'm swigging coke to ban it for the kids.

Luckily the baby doesn't like it anyway.

But doesn't ban just mean not buy because nobody but you and dh (in my case)buy food for my house. I would also never say 'that food is banned', but I do say 'no that tastes disgusting' about crap they ask for in the supermarket.

haven't had a pot noodle for years. i used to like the chicken and mushroom i think but now i suspect they'd taste too salty for my finely-tuned palate. [ponce]

i even spelt fraek right maybe i should have added a 'vom' too